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Track and Field
Personal-best time garners runner
honor
Most people at the University of Alaska Anchorage don’t
know what the steeplechase is. But the Seawolf track team
features one of the conference’s fastest in the obscure
event. Nate Normandin set a personal best time at the Linfield
(Ore.) Icebreaker to earn the Great Northwest Athletic Conference
men’s track and field Athlete of the Week. The senior
posted a time of 9:24.33 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase,
edging the provisional national qualifying standard by two-thirds
of a second. Normandin, along with junior Stacy Edwards
(10,000-meter run) and freshman Jessica Houston (discus),
all won their individual events at the Icebreaker.
Men’s Basketball
Successful season nets Seawolf duo
honors
The UAA men made it to the postseason for the first time
since 1997 and a pair of Seawolves are reaping the rewards.
Peter Bullock’s senior campaign resulted in a flurry
of honors and sharp shooting junior Kemmy Burgess collected
a pair of postseason honors this week. Bullock and Burgess
were both named to the GNAC All-Conference Second Team after
a 20-10 season. Bullock, who led UAA in scoring and rebounding,
was named to the All-West Region First Team for the second
consecutive season. Burgess, a junior transfer, rode his
prolific shooting and late-game heroics to the GNAC Newcomer
of the Year award, the first-ever for the Seawolves.
2003-2004 GNAC Awards
Player of the Year: Brad Oleson, UAF
Coach of the Year: Al Sokaitis, UAF
Newcomer of the Year: Kemmy Burgess, UAA Freshman of the
Year: Dustin Bremerman, SPU
Women’s Basketball
Massey amasses awards
UAA senior Kamie Jo Massey was named to the GNAC All-Conference
first team to lead a trio of Seawolves tabbed for postseason
recognition. It was Massey’s second appearance on
the team after being named last year. In her final season,
Massey ranked in the top 10 in the GNAC in scoring, rebounding,
assists, steals, blocks, free throw and assist-to-turnover
ratio. Massey continued to take home awards when she nabbed
a spot on the All-West Region Second Team. Massey was one
of just 11 players named from the 24-team West Region.
Massey was joined on the GNAC squad by fellow Seawolves
Mindy Mendenhall and Amber Nasby, who were tabbed as honorable
mention selections. Mendenhall, a senior post, averaged
11.7 points and 4.2 rebounds to help an undersized UAA team
in the post. Nasby, a junior forward, made a big jump from
her sophomore averages with 11.3 points and 6.8 boards a
game.
2003-2004 GNAC Awards
Player of the Year: Valerie Gustafson, Seattle Pacific
Coach of the Year: Gordy Presnell, Seattle Pacific
Newcomer of the Year: Amy Taylor, Seattle Pacific
Freshmen of the Year: Danielle Pridgen, Northwest Nazarene
and Laura Wright, Central Washington
Intramural Sports
You can have a lot of fun in an
inner tube
If you are eager to get off the couch after a long winter
then get your friends together and sign up for the 22nd
Spring Team Challenge. The annual coed event will take place
April 5-16 and features a relay run, basketball, volleyball,
broomball, inner tube water polo and the final competition,
a tug-o-war. Each team must have15 members, which has to
be divided half and half between men and women. A mandatory
captains meeting will be held at noon on April 2.
Each participant will receive a T-shirt with their team
name on it but the championship squad will get long sleeve
shirts that will make them the envy of everyone on campus.
For more information contact Intramural Director Julie
Foster at 786-6009 or stop into Room 210 in the Wells Fargo
Sports Complex to pick up a team packet.
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